Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to ancient
Idumea orEdom , a historical region south ofJudea and theDead Sea , mentioned in theBible . - noun A native or inhabitant of Idumea.
Etymologies
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Examples
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While Aristobulus fought the Romans to his death, Hyrcanus allied himself with the house of Antipater the Idumean and its Roman patrons.
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Her second marriage was to an Idumean aristocrat, Costaborus.
Salome. 2009
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This man, who had ambitions and took pride in his Idumean heritage, plotted against Herod.
Salome. 2009
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Judæa; that Augustus left Herod completely his own master for the tribute which that Idumean paid to the empire.
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For Herod the Great, son of Antipater the Idumean or Edomite, the turbulent times in which Julius Caesar rose to power in the Roman empire fifty years before Christ were also an opportunity for adventurers like himself to rise in power and influence in the land we call Israel or Palestine.
Puzzlements & Predicaments of the Bible Linda Washington 2007
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For Herod the Great, son of Antipater the Idumean or Edomite, the turbulent times in which Julius Caesar rose to power in the Roman empire fifty years before Christ were also an opportunity for adventurers like himself to rise in power and influence in the land we call Israel or Palestine.
Puzzlements & Predicaments of the Bible Linda Washington 2007
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And yet Herod lacked the vital Davidic bloodline that would have entitled him to such a throne.2 Herod had a Jewish mother but an Idumean father.
The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006
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And yet Herod lacked the vital Davidic bloodline that would have entitled him to such a throne.2 Herod had a Jewish mother but an Idumean father.
The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006
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Would you go back through history, till you could identify your action with that of an Idumean potentate named Herod?
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Would you go back through history, till you could identify your action with that of an Idumean potentate named Herod?
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